Diboll, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Diboll census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75941. The Survey maps it on the Diboll quadrangle. 4,457 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
On record in Diboll
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Temple, Henry G., Houselisted 1988
Population over time
2 figuresDiboll fell from 4,776 to 4,457 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,776 | |
| 2020 | 4,457 | -319 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Diboll quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2004 USGS Diboll quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Diboll between 1992 and 2020, burning about 906 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7109 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 663 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 247 |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA 17:57 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Diboll in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 9 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 8 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Tornado (F3) | Diboll | 6 hurt, $5,000,000 | Numerous trees and power lines broken, snapped, and pulled out of the ground along the entire track. Several barns were severely damaged and numerous homes were with missing roofs while others suffered severe roof and structural damage. South of the Ora Community one house was totally blown off its foundation and destroyed. This tornado moved into Angelina County, TX from Polk County, TX and continued into Nacogdoches County, TX and San Augustine County, TX. |
| November 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Diboll | 2 hurt, $80,000 | A weak tornado (landspout) developed along a weak convergence zone which draped northeast to southwest across this location. Airmass was saturated and tropical. According to local radar, Shreveport WSR-88D, and at least a dozen witnesses no thunderstorms were in the vicinity at the time. Trees blown over or broken. Several buildings lost portions of their roofs. An 18-wheeler was blown over on Highway 59 as the tornado moved over the truck while the truck was in motion. This tornado did not cross into another county. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Diboll | $250,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the entire county. Some homes were also flooded near Hwy. 59 south near Diboll, Texas. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | $5,000 | Trees were downed in town and a large limb fell onto a home in Diboll, Texas. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Several trees downed in the community of Diboll. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Diboll | - | Golfball size hail fell several miles west-northwest of Diboll. Report relayed from NWS Houston-Galveston, TX. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | FM 1818 at Buttermilk Road was covered in high water. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | The southbound lanes of Highway 59 near Diboll were flooded. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | FM 1818 at Buttermilk Road east of Diboll, FM 324 at the Sewer Treatment Plant just south of Lufkin, FM 2497 at Highway 59 in Diboll, and the intersection of Old Union Road and Mount Carmel Road in Hudson were all closed due to flooding. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | The southbound lanes of US Highway 59 south of Diboll were closed due to high water. Traffic was diverted to the northbound lanes. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Diboll | - | Hail reported along Hwy. 59 south southwest of Diboll. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Diboll | - | Quarter size hail fell in the Beulah community. |
| December 2014 | Hail | Diboll | - | Hail was reported southwest of Burke, Texas. |
| December 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Large tree limbs greater than 2 inches in diameter were downed southwest of Burke, Texas. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Trained spotter estimated winds to near 60 mph which downed large limbs in the Diboll community. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Wind gust to 70 mph was measured along Hwy. 59 just south of Diboll, Texas. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Numerous trees were downed along Hwy. 59 just south of Diboll, Texas. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Large tree limbs were downed in Diboll, Texas. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Powerlines were downed in Diboll, Texas. |
| April 2008 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | Street flooding reported in the town of Diboll, Texas. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | High water was reported over FM 2497 and had to be closed. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Large tree limbs downed. Report from a retired NWS employee. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | Flash flooding from Tropical Storm Allison resulted in a subdivision evacuation just south of the Lufkin Airport. Several cars were carried off by the rushing water. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Numerous trees and power lines toppled. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Numerous trees and power lines down. |
| November 2000 | Flash Flood | Diboll | - | Water covering county roads making impassable. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | Numerous trees and powerlines down. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Diboll | - | A large tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds just south of Diboll. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Diboll | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutland | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Grove | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Renova (historical) | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Burke | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Prairie Grove | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Beulah | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Blix | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Granville | 7.2 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Diboll | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981840 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381758. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






